Two-time WNBA champion Candace Parker remembers seeing the weight-room disparities between the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments last year and thinking, ‘‘It’s a picture and video we’ve all seen a thousand times.’’
Images of the men’s rows and rows of benches, squat racks and weights next to the women’s table of yoga mats and a single dumbbell tree rack per team elicited emotional responses across the sports world and beyond. The NCAA’s disregard for women athletes and the women’s tournament led to a full investigation into the inequity. Read More
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